Re: [Xenomai-help] How to avoid a tight real time loop

[Gilles Chanteperdrix <gilles.chanteperdrix@xenomai.org>]

Daniele Nicolodi wrote:
> Hello. In my application I need to read data from an ADC card in blocks
> of a given number of samples. For efficiency I'm using an mmapped buffer
> to exchange data with the ADC driver. I'm setting up the acquisition,
> and then calling a loop like this:
> 
> unsigned int required = <compute required number of bytes>;
> unsigned int read = 0;
> while (1) {
>   while (read < required) {
>     read = a4l_pool(...);
>   }
>   process(buffer, ...);
> }
> 
> However if I run this loop in a real time thread the tight while loop is
> an obvious cpu hog: the watchdog kicks in and kills the thread.
> 
> There is not an analogy API that can be used to require a certain amount
> of data to the ADC driver. How can I code this loop to let other
> processes to run?

You should define a period, and how much data you want to process during
this period. Then make your task periodic, and wait for the next period
at the beginning of the loop.

> 
> Thanks. Cheers,


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					    Gilles.